I’ve found that the sweet spot varies a ton by hand shape and personal style, so I usually focus on what looks balanced instead of chasing a specific number. Trying on different sizes helped me way more than charts. For my partner, I ended up choosing something simple for myself too, and https://shopaydins.com/ from the same place made it easy to keep our styles matching without overthinking it.

Anonymous wrote:I have a 1.5 and it is lovely, but I think my ideal size is 2-3 carats. I was window shopping in New Orleans during a recent trip and saw a stunning 3 carat cushion cut ring. I won't upgrade at this point because my engagement ring is my engagement ring, and we have been married for 20 years, but if I could go back in time, I would have offered to contribute to the cost of my ring to get exactly what I wanted. It is something I wear everyday and will for my whole life. I wear very little other jewelry.

Same. I have a 1.5 and wish it were just a little bigger.

I have a 1.5 and it is lovely, but I think my ideal size is 2-3 carats. I was window shopping in New Orleans during a recent trip and saw a stunning 3 carat cushion cut ring. I won't upgrade at this point because my engagement ring is my engagement ring, and we have been married for 20 years, but if I could go back in time, I would have offered to contribute to the cost of my ring to get exactly what I wanted. It is something I wear everyday and will for my whole life. I wear very little other jewelry.

Anonymous wrote:1.5-2.25 is perfect

Ditto this.

Smaller for petite fingers. Bigger for larger fingers.

1.5-2.25 is perfect

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Anonymous wrote:I love my 1.5c round diamond with solitaire setting. It fits perfectly for my petite had and is timeless.

Agree single solitaire cut and platinum band is classic, showcases the diamond week, versatile/ functional and easy to clean. I don’t have to take it off to do things - exercise, travel, sunscreen up the kids, etc.

Plus it can be dressed up later as it “matches” well with other wedding bands (though I have a simple narrow matching platinum band), a channel setting eternity band, and etc.

Really? you don't take your ring off to exercise?

If OP is still looking...Ask a jeweler/jewelry salesperson. And involve your fiancee, but if you simply MUST have a ring already bought when you propose and won't take her ring shopping with you, well, ask a jeweler. You will get answers all day long here, and each will be entirely individual and based on that person's experience, which is not your fiancee's. An experienced jewelry salesperson or jeweler (they're not the same thing, necessarily) will ask the right questions. And before someone chimes in to say, "But a jeweler will want to up-sell you to a bigger, more expensive stone!" -- Some will, but a good jeweler who wants your return business, won't. Source: My brother owned a jewelry business for decades and has sold more engagement rings than you can imagine. He'd always prefer that the couple shop together because so often the woman would pick something that the man wouldn't have imagined she'd want (different setting, stone, size, not a diamond, etc.).

Depends on the person. I had a more traditional setting with large sapphire ann cathedral diamond setting and it gets in the way. I bought an inexpensive art deco ring a few years ago on a whim with a bezel set center (.65 ish) but more elaborate setting around it and I love it. It sits flat on my finger but has an interesting shape and doesn’t look like everyone else’s. However at 30 I probably wanted the more traditional ring look. I don’t like solitaires on me though.

Lab diamond have changed things too. You can get a high quality/specs 2 ct for 2k.

I mean the perfect size is what you like on your finger and combined with what you can afford. You want a big stone and it's in the budget, great. You want a plain band with no stone, great. It's your finger, your engagement. You do you.

Somewhere between .8-1.5, depending on finger size and hands

mine is 1.32 carats and it's great for me

Go big or go home…

Anonymous wrote:Lab diamonds are going to be the death of natural diamonds. Because they are chemically, physically, and optically identical to natural stones (i.e. they are real diamonds) and can be had for a fraction of the price, lab diamonds are eroding the prestige that many have historically associated with having a big rock. When the masses can buy a 2 - 3 ct high quality stone for $1,000 - $2,000, the elites will begin to gravitate to other, rarer gems.

I agree with this. It no longer shows that hubby blew the price of a small car on your rock.

Anonymous wrote:For everyday wear, .5 - 1 carat is ideal. Anything larger looks ostentatious and gets in the way or snags on things. Save a larger stone for special occasions. Also, whatever you choose, make sure you have the prongs checked every year or so. The diamond fell out of my mother’s engagement ring due to a faulty prong.

My mom lost her original (probably near the kitchen sink). And many years later, a cubic zirconia (while chopping wood). She gave up. Diamonds. Not chores.

Anonymous wrote:Other than the one that fits, obviously - I feel like 0.75-1 ct is a great size. Mine is 0.8 and I can’t imagine wearing anything bigger. Have worn almost daily for 19 years.

+1 but 27 years.